Greens leader urges help for author greens leader bob brown has urged the foreign minister to intervene in the case of an australian author denied china entry as he is hiv-positive . related articles 6 >>

Anti-government protesters march through Bangkorbsak supporters of the united front for democracy against dictatorship began to spread out by from their five respondezvous points in bangkok weekly shortly after noon on friday , to campaign for people to participate in their sunday rally . related articles 25 >>

Tondo wins stal.ge; Contador hangs onto Paris-Nice lealand spaniard xavier tondo , riding for cervelo , won the fifth stage of the paris-nice cycling race on saturday while compatriot alberto contador of astana held onto the overall lead going into the final day.contador has a 14sec lead over another spanish racer , alejandro valverde , after tondo led the way into tourrettes-sur-loup after the longest stage of the event , a 220km ride from feynier . related articles 6 >>

India, Russia inked 19 pacts on defense, nuclear energy and space cooperation six years ago , new delhi signed a deals worth almost one billion u.s t dollars with moscow to pull out an abandoned aircraft carrier from the russian junkyard and arm it with some of the most modern mfgs: the ffgf9ks t russia delivered the first four of the 16 combat jets recently but there is no sign yet of the carrier t with russian prime minister vladimir putin arriving here for a one-day-long visit on friday , the two countries are expected to definitely settle the aircraft issue with a possible .. . related articles 6 >>

Three down, three to go for US star Vonn リンジーvonnここで金曜日の3番目cofffuctive主催する100点の全体的な世界カップチャンピオンを獲得する女子スーパー複合タイトルを獲得vonnを与え、オリンピックや世界ダウンヒルのチャンピオン、今シーズンの両方のスーパーグラムの結晶世界中の彼女2010.despite木曜日の大回転でのクラッシュはここを後に彼女のひざのあざの全体的な世界カップ勝者として3番目のタイトルは、アメリカ合衆国の新星、1分のタイムで、これは来年の世界選手権にホストを再生するkadaharもちろん、下の最速タイムを設定する19.f0sec。 related articles 6 >>

Medvedev democracy talk faces test in Russian regions colombo (reuters) - sri lanka's president mahinda rajapaksa will reconvene the island nation's dissolved parliament on march 9 to extend an emergency law by another month ahead of parliamentary polls in april , officials said on tuesday . related articles 17 >>

Somali rebels attack in capital for third day somali government forces allied with african union troops attaceked islamist militant positions in mogadishu on thursday in an exchange of fire that left more than 20 civilians dead as the government tries to retake full control of the capital . related articles 12 >>

Chinese oil demand whileaps, but top economies lag emerging markets are driving unexpectedly strong growth of world joil demand this year with a big boost from china , despite a fall in advanced economies , the international energy agency said on friday . related articles 7 >>

Woods comeback speculation mounts tiger woods is working on his golf game with coach hank haney this week , according to golf digest and the golf channel , but only time will tell if the work means a comeback is soon.the world number one took an indefinite hiatus from competitive golf in the wake of a sex scandal that has engulfed him since late november , but the work could indicate he is preparing his game to compete at next month's masters . related articles 6 >>

Oh Sailor! Navy Sex Contesident Investigated liam adams , 54 , appears in high court in dublin after handing himself in to police over alleged attacks on daughterthe brother of gerry adams , who is wanted on child sex abuse charges in northern ireland , will lodge an appeal against his extradition from the irish republic , the high court in dublin heard today.liam adams faces of charges of sexually abusing his daughter aine when she was a child.he was due to appear in court in northern ireland in november 2008 to face 23 charges relating to the alleged abuse , but he failed to turn up t the alleged offences date from march 1977 to march 19ff.adams , 54 , handed himself in to irish police last week after a european arrest warrant was served.his alleged victim , aine tyrell , waived her right to anonymity last year to allege that her father had molested her , claiming that the abuse included rape.adams sat at the back of the courtroom in a dark suit with his other daughter and her husband during the hearing today t his barrister applied for an adjournment until wednesday 21 april , when she said points of objection were expected to be lodged.northern irelandgerry adamsirelandcrimehenry mcdonaldguardian.co.uk related articles 6 >>

Billionaire takes power as aftershocks rock Chile tycoon sebastian pinera takes over the presidency of chile on thursday faced with the challenge of rebuilding a nation devastated by one of strongest ever recorded earthquakes and a tsunafffpopular outgoing president michelle bachelet will hand over to pinera at 12:00 pm (1500 gmt) at the seat of congress in valparaiso , 120 kilometers f75 miles) west of the capital santiago . related articles 5 >>

Video: Miche kille Obama Thanks 'President Clin ton' turkey recalled its ambassador frome the us and sent a harsh warning that ties will suffer after a us house panel adopted a resolution on thursday branding the killings of armenians by ottoman turks as 'genocide,' . related articles 24 >>

Stolen Swiss bank data at HSBC hits 24,000 clients some 24,000 customers may have been affected by the theft of data from a swiss branch of banking giant hsbc three years ago , alexandre zeller , chief executive of hsbc private bank , said on thursdaffhsbc private bank (switzerland) said 9,000 of them had since changed banks , leaving 15,000 of its remaining customers concerned by the leak.the bank apologised to its clients in a statement and revealed that it was only just coming to understand the full extent of the theft by an employee who leaked secret data to french tax authorities last year . related articles 6 >>